Tickets: $25-$95 Berlin-based violinist Jakob Lehmann leads an ensemble of specialist local and international chamber musicians through the expansive sounds and pioneering ideas of New Constellations. The Octet for Strings was written when Mendelssohn was just 16, and illustrates the…

The Australian World Orchestra presents AWO SIX, an impressive lineup of six virtuoso musicians, formed to showcase the limitless talent of Australia’s classical musicians. After presenting large scale orchestral concerts in Melbourne and Canberra, the AWO strips down to the bareness of…

Individual tickets: $15 – $35 A concert in Art Song Canberra’s the Season of Song series, with Sarahlouise Owens (soprano) and Natalia Tkachenko (piano). An exploration through the largely overlooked repertoire of female composers throughout history… A slice of what…

Tickets: $15-$35 Internationally Successful European Conductor To Perform With TMO. Enjoying a distinguished career performing throughout Europe, Australia’s Alexander Negrin returns after more than 30 years abroad for a one-off special performance with The Metropolitan Orchestra at the ABC Centre…

Tickets: Adults $45.90 | Seniors/Pensioners $42.85 | Full-time students U23 $15.30 | Children U13 free If you become a member of the Society, your annual membership fee covers entry to all concerts in the season. This works out at only…

Full to the brim with infectious vitality, Mendelssohn’s Octet is one of the true life-affirming pinnacles of Western music. Practically inventing the genre of a work for eight strings, the work of the 16-year-old child genius has never been bettered.…

Enjoy an hour of great music and wine in an intimate and engaging listening environment. ‘Cellist Rachel Scott is joined by the Choir of St James, conductor Warren Trevelyan-Jones and organist Alistair Nelson for an extra concert in the 2017…

Out of the Shadows is honoured to close the Festival with the Goldner String Quartet, Australia’s premiere chamber music ensemble. Named after Richard Goldner, Viennese Jewish refugee and founder of Musica Viva, the quartet will perform two master compositions: Mendelssohn’s…